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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/362/362-002.pdf

When making investment decisions for roadside safety, benefit-cost methods are used to compare alternative projects. This paper presents an overview of benefit-cost methods. Included in the discussion are comments on the recommended discount rate, the use of incremental benefit-cost analysis, recent research on accident costs, and the methods of estimating accident severities and costs at a location.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Circular No. 362, Use of Benefit-Cost Analysis to Develop Roadside Safety Policies and Guidelines. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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1990-8

Transportation Research Circular

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References (8) ; Tables (1)

Benefit cost analysis; Costs; Crash severity; Crashes; Decision making; Discount; Estimating; Roadside; Safety

Accident costs

Design; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Sep 30 1990 12:00AM

• LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS BASED ON BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS
• PENNSYLVANIA'S GUIDE RAIL STANDARDS: A COST-EFFECTIVE CHANGE
• ROADSIDE SAFETY: A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, JULY 1986
• USE OF BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP ROADSIDE SAFETY POLICIES AND GUIDELINES